Scarcity of drinking water and food has further aggravated the situation in the flood-hit regions of Sylhet.

Fresh onrush of flood water has submerged parts of the hilly southeast -- Bandarban and Chittagong -- while Sylhet in the country's

Sylhet might be on the verge of another disaster after 2004 as flood has affected most of its upazilas following overflow of all the rivers, canals, haors and marshes due to heavy rain and flash flood.

Power has been restored in many parts of the southern Indian city of Chennai days after severe floods hit the city.

A massive rescue operation is under way to reach stranded people in the flood-hit southern Indian city of Chennai (Madras).

India will urge rich nations to deliver "climate justice" for developing countries at a major environmental conference in Paris later this month, the environment minister of the country says in an interview with AFP.

Myanmar's President Thein Sein declares a state of emergency in four regions after heavy floods left 27 people dead.

Torrential rains and floods in Pakistan leaves 36 dead and affect over 250,000 people, with swollen rivers and water channels damaging hundreds of villages.